The number of deaths recorded in Qatari hospitals under Hamad Medical Corporation in 2009 has tripled in one year, a study indicates. Statistics in a “Mortality according to Gender and Cause” study show that 2,292 cases of death were registered at HMC last year, up from 761 cases in 2008, Qatari daily The Peninsula...
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A Kuwaiti court will soon set a date for the trial of an alleged pro-Iran spy cell busted in Kuwait in April. The case of the seven members of the espionage ring has been submitted to a local court to decide on a date for the launch of the trial, Kuwaiti news portal Al...
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Emirati singer Abdullah Belkhair wants to buy Paul the psychic octopus who predicted with uncanny accuracy match results, including the final, at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. According to Jordanian news portal Al Sawsana, Abdullah is ready to give $40,000 for the resident of Sea Life aquarium in the western German city...
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Kuwait has rejected claims allegedly made by Iraq’s ambassador to the Arab League that his country did not recognize the existing borders between Iraq and Kuwait. Kuwaiti foreign ministry summoned Iraqi Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammed Bahr Al Uloom over the remarks. The ministry said in a press release that it had handed the Iraqi...
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Jordan’s Queen Rania has turned down a Hebrew translation of a children’s book she recently wrote. The book, “The Sandwich Swap”, is published for children aged four to eight and was co-written with Kelly DiPucchio. However, Israeli daily Haaretz did not mention the source of the claim or the reasons why the queen has...
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Two decades ago, she had a dream. A simple, perfectly plausible and achievable dream: To buy a house for her mother back home in Sri Lanka so that she could live the rest of her life in peace and dignity. Kamalawathie Katawala was so passionate about her dream that she steeled herself to confront...
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Kuwaiti women married to non-Kuwaitis have been given the right to sponsor their children and their husbands. The decision, announced by the interior minister, marks a huge step forward for Kuwaiti women who have been pushing for years for such rights to ease pressure on family stability. Under the former legal arrangements, the sons...
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The use of social media among young Arab women is creative and innovative, a study indicates. According to the study conducted by researchers at Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q), young Arab women have a deep respect for the community and the family and are more discerning in controlling information available in public, a fact...
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Bahrain’s lower court has sentenced 14 Chinese nationals to two months in prison for using fake passports. The accuseds, who will be deported after they serve their sentence, had fake Japanese passports when they attempted to enter Bahrain in May. According to the local police, they claimed they had paid large sums of money...
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They are fully dedicated to their work and endeavour to offer the best services. They toil day and night, winter and summer and they rarely utter a word of objection. They have come a long way from home, leaving behind loved ones and familiar way of life to immerse themselves among strangers and in...
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